[AMS-announce] ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for Participation, AMS Pedagogy Study Group/Committee on Career-Related Issues Session, 14 Nov 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:  “Only Connect”: The Role of Musicology in Community Engagement
Pedagogy Study Group/Committee on Career-Related Issues Session, November 14, 2009, 2:00 to 5:00pm
2009 Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society

Proposal Deadline:  June 20, 2009

Program Committee:

Anne-Marie Reynolds, Chair, State University of New York, Geneseo
Ayden Adler, The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Jessie Fillerup, University of Mary Washington (AMS Pedagogy Study Group Chair)
Marie Sumner Lott, Pennsylvania State University (liaison with the AMS Committee on Career-Related Issues)
Colin Roust, Oberlin College
Patrick Warfield, University of Maryland

The theme of this year’s Pedagogy Study Group session is the role of musicology in community engagement.  How can we, as musicologists and teachers, most effectively convey our insights to interested non-professionals, both within the university and without?  In collaboration with members of The Philadelphia Orchestra Association, we will devote this session to highlighting and discussing successful means of employing musicological research to engage and enlighten general audiences about music.

The session will have two invited panelists:  Ayden Adler, Director of Education and Community Partnerships at The Philadelphia Orchestra; and Richard Freedman, Professor of Music at Haverford College and longtime presenter of pre-concert programs for The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.

We would like to fill out the panel by welcoming proposals for presentations, demonstrations, and/or discussions on the following topics related to our theme, as a means of starting a dialogue with the AMS members in attendance:

1)    Both innovative and tried-and-true means of conveying musicological insights to general audiences
2)    What live performance has to offer the musicologist in trying to reach non-specialist audiences
3)    Creative outreach or general education approaches and projects in communities and universities, including interdisciplinary endeavors
4)    Novel approaches to addressing issues related to a specific composition, namely, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 4, to be performed on The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Saturday evening program, November 14th, before a general audience

Presentations should be 20 to 30 minutes in length.   Please submit proposals by June 20, 2009, including a title, an abstract of 250 words, and your name, email address, and phone number, as well as any audio-visual requirements, to Anne-Marie Reynolds (reynolds at geneseo.edu) by June 20, 2009.